Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
F18 National Champions Reveal All
Winners are Grinners
What Greg and Brett Goodall said after winning their first Australian F18 National Champions.
“It’s been a long time coming as we have been the maiden in five Nationals before and it was great to finally get across the line and win it.
“This was a good tough regatta with very trying conditions the whole time and the whole weekend.
“We started the regatta pretty badly with a 13th in the first race on Saturday and we thought that wasn’t all bad as then we knew exactly where we shouldn’t be going on the course because we found every hole and every wrong way to go you could have found and we did that and then we won the next race followed by a second and a fifth.
“The next day we came out and had a three firsts and a fifth so that wasn’t bad for the day and that set us for being consistent. So that set us up and today that made it much harder the other guys to run us down as they had to put in brilliant performances while we had to put in just good solid results.”
Brett Goodall:
“Our success is due to the time we spend on the water and while we are sailing as father and son but once we get out the water we are team-mates. We’ve been sailing together for so long now, about six years, and we are in tune with each other. We really don’t talk that much as we just know where we are going and we just stick to the game plan and off we go.
Looking forward towards the World Championships in Hungary in July.
“It’s a real confidence booster to know that we are fast and that will definitely help us. We have raced in the World Championships for the past five years and are looking forward to competing. We will try and get some training in beforehand and just have another dip at it.”
What do you think might have given you the edge in this event?
“It would have to be Scotty Anderson’s steaks on the first night. I ate three steaks and five roast potatoes. He is a good mate who lives here in Gosford and he cooked us this beautiful BBQ after the first day’s racing so that may have been our secret weapon.”
Monday, January 24, 2011
Greg and Brett Goodall Crowned National Champions
Adam Beashel and Grant Pellew jumped up to a respectable fourth place after getting a bullet in both the first and third race of the day.
Final Day
There is a good chance we will get 3-4 more races in today giving us 12 or more races and bringing in two drops which might change a few things around in the results pending how everyone goes today.
Day 2 Australian F18 Catamaran National Championships
It was a tough day at the office for the 33 F18 fleet who completed five races today sailed under sunny skies and near perfect conditions.
The day started out with a 10-12 knot northerly breeze that built to a consistent 15 peaking at 18 knots by the last race causing a few nose dives and luckily not too much carnage.
The race committee did a sensational job squeezing five races and while the sailors might have been feeling the pain they relished the wind.
The race committee did a sensational job squeezing five races and while the sailors might have been feeling the pain they relished the wind.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Day 1
Four races were run back to back with Steve Brewin and Jack Benson leading the fleet followed by Jason Waterhouse and Josh McKnight.
A full report will come tomorrow.
F18 Training Day - Friday 21 January, 2011
Tornado Gun and Four Time Hobie Cat World Champion Jason Waterhouse will face off against his dad, Rod, who has recruited Farr 40 Skipper, Chris Way as his crew.Other high profile competitors in this class include Andrew McDougall, Adam Beattie, Mick Guinea, Greg and Bret Goodall.
In latest news, it is uncertain if ETNZ's Dean Barker with crew Glenn Ashby, will be competing at all after the pair learned that their chartered boat had fallen through. However Barker's fellow team mate, Adam Beashel is a confirmed starter with crewman Grant Pellew, who just happens to be James Spithill's brother-in-law.
Friday has been set aside for sail measuring and weigh ins to ensure all competitors and their boats comply with the class rules. It is expected that many of the crews will spend the afternoon training and familiarising themselves with the course area.
Gosford Sailing Club, home of the Lord Howe Island Race, will play host and are expecting a large number of competitors and their supporters to enjoy the Club's facilities after racing each day.
Lulu Roseman
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Sponsors & Prizes
Most of the top boats and teams around the world have two things in common:
Harken deck gear and Zhik wetsuits and clothing.
These two companies lead the way in the latest product development and have kindly donated some of this product for prizes in both the F16's and F18's Australian Titles.
They have some really cool gear so check them both out and get some of their gear on your boat.
Harken deck gear and Zhik wetsuits and clothing.
These two companies lead the way in the latest product development and have kindly donated some of this product for prizes in both the F16's and F18's Australian Titles.
They have some really cool gear so check them both out and get some of their gear on your boat.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Current Entry List
| Aust F18 Nationals 10/11 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sail # | Skipper | Crew | State | Boat Type | Current Measurement Certificate | |
| 1023 | Leanne Gould | Stuart Morton | NSW | Nacra F18 | Yes | |
| 1082 | David Jorgensen | Neil Moxham | QLD | Nacra F18 | Yes | |
| 14 | Leigh Thorne | David Veysie | VIC | AHPC F18 | No | |
| 215 | Rod Waterhouse | Chris Way | NSW | Hobie Cat F18 | Yes | |
| 26 | Rod Waterhouse | TBA TBA | NSW | Hobie Cat F18 | No | |
| 267 | Brett White | Lachlan White | NSW | Hobie Cat F18 | Yes | |
| 60 | Chris Brewin | Richard Brewin | VIC | Capricorn | Yes | |
| 60 | Richard Brewin | Christopher Brewin | NSW | Other F18 | No | |
| 183 | Adam Beashel | Grant Pellew | NSW | Hobie Cat F18 | Yes | |
| 751 | Kyle Amadio | Grant Rogers | NSW | Nacra F18 | Yes | |
| AUS 101 | Greg Wyers | Kez Stevens | NSW | Capricorn | Yes | |
| AUS 111 | Steven Kroon | Tim Wildy | SA | Nacra F18 | No | |
| AUS 1111 | Bruce Gunn | Bridget Gunn | NSW | Nacra F18 | No | |
| AUS 26 | Michael Guinea | Viv Haydon | QLD | Nacra F18 | Yes | |
| AUS169 | Ian Simpson | TBA TBA | NSW | Nacra Infusion | Yes | |
| AUS222 | Greg Goodall | Brett Goodall | VIC | AHPC F18 | Yes | |
| NED 007 | Billy Nissen | Dean Nissen | NSW | Nacra Infusion | Yes | |
| TBA | Mitch Booth | Will Howden | Other | Other | No | |
| TBA | Steve Brewin | Jack Benson | NSW | AHPC F18 | Yes | |
| TBA | Gavin Parker | Mark Parker | WA | AHPC F18 | Yes | |
| TBA | Jason Waterhouse | NSW | Hobie Cat F18 | Yes | ||
| TBA | Andrew Holden | QLD | Nacra Infusion | Yes | ||
| TBA | James Ogilvie | Claudine Ogilvie | NSW | AHPC F18 | Yes | |
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Daily Updates
Daily updates with pictures and results will be posted during the regatta. Keep checking back at the end of each day for updates.
There may be live updates daily pending on weather I can con someone into doing them.
There may be live updates daily pending on weather I can con someone into doing them.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
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